Toy gun



April 14, 1931. M. GARBELL TOY GUN Filed Oct. 1. 19:0

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 M. GARBELL 1,800,994

April 14, 1931.

Patented Apr. 14, 1931 UNITED STATES MAX GARE ELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

TOY GUN Application filed Gctober 1, 1938. Serial No. 485,620.

My invention relates to improvements in toy guns or devices for producing sounds by compression of air in acylinder, over which a piece of paper is positioned and is broken 6 by the compression of air caused by a movable piston within the cylinder.

An important feature of my improvement is the employment of movable cylinder adapted to engage and hold a strip of paper over an aperture and alined with one end of the cylinder and operable under the control of a reciprocating piston within the cylinder. Another object of the invention is the provision of a toy gun which is simple and durable in construction, that may be manufac tured at a low cost and which is simple in operation, having a positive feed for a strip of paper which may be rapidly and positively fed step by step across an opening, and having a reciprocating piston to compress the air in the cylinder to produce a very loud report when the paper is broken.

In the drawings forming a part of this application Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy gun embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the device showing portions broken away to illustrate the magazine feed and the piston;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 2 showing a changed position;

Fig. 1 is an enlarged detail fragmentary view showing the paper-feeding device;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view similar to Fig. l illustrating a changed position;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of the segment and gear paper-feeding device; and Fig. 7 is a partial detail side elevation of the feeding device and friction holding means.

Referring to the drawings 10 designates a tubular container or housing having a carrier 11 provided on each side with downwardlyentending flanges 12 which are ser cured to the tubular housing or container 11 by rivets or other suitable means as at 13. The carrier 11 is provided with an opening 1 1 which is positioned centrally of one end of the container 10 and is provided with downwardly-extending cars 15 and 16 re gin spectively, to securely hold a. resilient pad 17 having an opening 18 alined with the opening 14 of the carrier 11. The container 10 is cut away on each side, so as to be spaced from the resilient pad 17 as at 19 and 20, it through which a relatively narrow strip of paper may be fed from a supply roll 21, which is mounted on a pin 22 fixed to an extending arm 23 of the carrier 11. The supply roll 21 is held into position by the so arm 24 extending from the other side of the carrier 11 and which is pivoted as at 24a having a spring 246 for normally holding the supply roll 21 on the pin 22 and in alined relation with the opening 1.4 in the carrier at 11.

The carrier 11 extends outwardly of one side of the container or housing 10 having downwardly-extending flanges 12a forming a substantially Ushaped member alined with To the opening 1 1 and the supply roll 21.

These flanges 12a are provided with an inclined slot 25 located near the end thereof, the slot inclined toward the container 10 through which the shaft 26 of a resilient feed roll 27 extendsand is freely mounted. Securely fixed to the ends ofthe feed roll 27 are the small gear wheels 2828 which are engaged by the segments 29-29 of an arm 30 pivoted at 31 to an outwardly-extending a0 flange 32 of the container 10. The arm 30 extends beyond the pivot 31 and rests against the housing 10 as at 33 to limit the out ward movement of the arm 30 and segments 29 which are normally being forced outwards5 1y by the compression spring 84 and retaining the feed roll 27 at its lowermost position at the bottom of the slot 25. The resilient feed roll 27 is noimally held in position by the frictional contact between the downward- 9 ly-extending flanges 12a of the carrier 11 by means of a spring washer 35, so that when the arm 30 is pressed inwardly toward the container 10 the segments 29 engaging the small gears 28 will prevent the roller 27 from turning, but as the arm 30 is forced inwardly toward the container 11 the feed roll will slide in the inclined slot 25 until the shaft 26 has reached the limit of the slot, at which time the strip of paper A will be forced against the under side of the carrier 11, and upon further movement of the arm 30 the segments 2929 will cause the resilient feed roll to turn to positively feed the strip of paper A outwardly a given distance.

When the arm 30 is in its normal or outward position asshown inFigs. 1, 2 and 3 the segments 2929 are in full mesh with the small gears 28, that is the teeth of the gears 28 are bottoming in the teethof the segment. l/Vhen the arm 30 V is pressed inwardly the friction washer 85 will ofiera resistance to the feed roll so that the same will slide to the end of the slot 25 at which. time the gears 28 28 will be in partial mesh with the segments 29 29 as shown in Fig. 5. Asthe arm 30 is released the spring 34: forcing it outwardly causing the segments 29--29 to exert'a pressure on the gears 28-2 8, the friction washer 35 offering a resistance the feed roll 27 will prevent it from turning but will be forced to slide down the inclined slot 25 and away from the paper strip A to its normal or slanting position. It will-be noted that with thisconstruction the paper stripis positively fedstep by step *ithout any backward movement ofthe paper strip.

The container or housing 10 is provided with a series of depressed portions 37 to guide a cylinder 38 mounted for endwisemovement in the housing or container having tapered end 39 adapted to engage thestrip of paper A.

V A piston shaft 40 having a cap-shaped abuts a cap 43 fixed to the free "end of the container 10. The frictional contact 'of'the )lun er 41 a ainst the inner wall of the I D b cylinder 38 will retain the cylinder 38 in the withdrawn position so that when the plunger is forced forwardly towardthe opening 14 the frictional contact of the plunger all will carry the cylinder 38 with it until the tapered end 39 rests against the narrow strip of paper A forcing over the opening 18 against the cushion l7 sealing the opening hetweenthe cushion 17 and the cylinder 38 so that a fur ther movement of the pistonwill gradually increase the air pressure within the cylinder and increasingly hold the strip of paper against the cushion 17 until the air pressure within the cylinder overcomes the resistance of the paper causing the sudden breaking of the paper which will produce a very loud report.

, To I operate the device av roll of narrow paper of suitable thickness is mounted on the pin 22,.the free end being drawn under the cushion 17 and over the cylinder through and produce a series of reports until the sup-,

ply roll is exhausted.

I contemplate as being included in these improvements all such changes, variations and departures from what is thus specifically illustrated and describedherein as. fallwithin the scope of the appended claims;

I claim:

1. In a gun of the class described compris-v ing an open end container, a carrierhaving an opening therein and securedtoone end of said container and the open ng 0011111111111:

eating with saidv open. end, a cylinder mounted for endwise movement in said con.-

tainer, a piston arranged. for reciprocating movement in the. cylinder, a material roller turnably supported in the carrier, a. ma-

terial strip fed over said roller. and. an arm. adapted to actuate the roller for a. positive step by step feed of "thematerial.

2. A gun of the class described compris v ing an open end container, a carrier having.

an opening therein, said carrier being'secured perpendicular to one end of Sl1d.COI1-. tamer and the opening therein almed and communicating with. said container, a cylinder slidably mounted for endwise movement in said container, a piston arranged for re? ciprocating movement'in the cylinder, at material roller turnably supported on the can rier, a material strip fed over one endof said cylinder and over said. roller and an arm adaptedto actuatethe roller for a. positive, step by step feed ofsaidmaterial strip."

3. A gun of the class described comprising a tubular housing, a carrier having an opening therein andv secured toon'e endzof the tubular housing and the opening thereof in alinement with said tubular housing, a cylinder slidably mounted for endwise movement in said tubular housing, a' piston '31? ranged for reciprocating movement; in the cylinder, a material 'roller turnably sup: ported in the'carrier, a materialstrip fed over one end of'said cylinder and over said roller,- an arm adapted to actuate the-roller to feed the material an'dmea-ns under the control of the piston to cause endwise move ment of the cylinder to engage the material strip in one direction of travel and to disengage the strip in the other direction of travel. v

4. A gun of the class described comprising a tubular housing, a carrier having an opening therein, said carrier being secured perpendicular to one end of said housing and the opening thereof in alinement with the tubular housing, a relatively long cylinder slidably mounted in said tubular housing, a piston arranged for reciprocating movement in said cylinder, a material roller turnably supported in the carrier, a flexible material strip fed over one end of said cylinder and over said roller, an arm pivotally mounted on said housing adapted to engage said roller to turn the same, said arm being adapted to control the roller into and out of engagement with said material strip and means under the control of the piston to cause the cylinder to engage and disengage the ma terial strip when the piston is reciprocated.

5. In a toy gun comprising a cylindrical housing having an opening therein, a carrier having an opening therein and adapted to be secured perpendicular to the housing and having their openings alined, a cylinder having a reduced end and slidably mounted in said cylindrical housing, a pis ton mounted for reciprocating movement in said cylinder, a material roller rotatably and slidably supported in said carrier, a flexible material strip fed over said reduced end of said cylinder and over said material roller, an arm pivotally mounted on said housing adapted to engage said material roller to slide and turn the same to engage and feed the material strip in one direction and spring means for returning said arm and said roller and means under the control of the piston to cause endWise movement of the cylinder to engage and disengage the material strip.

6. An air gun comprising a housing having an opening therein, a carrier having an opening therein and secured to said housing and having their openings in alined relation, a resilient pad surrounding said opening in said carrier, a cylinder slidably mounted in said housing, a piston mounted for reciprocating movement in the cylinder adapted to compress the air in one end of said cylinder, a feed roll rotatably mounted on said carrier, an arm adapted to en gage said feed roll to position and drive the same and slot means coacting With said feed roll to position the feed roll into operative and inoperative position.

7. A pneumatic gun of the class described comprising a tubular housing having a re duced opening centrally of the longitudinal axis thereof, a cylinder mounted for sliding movement in said housing, a piston arranged for reciprocating movement in said cylinder, a strip of flexible material adapted to be fed between said reduced opening in said housing and the end of said cylinder, a feed roll alined with the material strip and ad jacent the housing, the feed roll being mounted in an inclined slot to cause said feed roll to be elevated into engagement with the material strip and friction means coacting with said feed roll to resist its turning movement until the roll has reached the end of said inclined slot. I

8. In a' gun of the class described comprising in combination a tubular housing having an opening therein, a cylinder mounted for endwise movement in said housing, a piston in said cylinder adapted to compress air in said cylinder, a carrier secured to one end of said housing, a material roller turnably supported on the carrier in an inclined slot, tension means coacting with said roller to offer a resistance to its turning movement, an arm adapted to engage said roller to cause the same to be moved in said inclined slot and spring means coacting with said arm to normally hold said arm in its operative position.

In testmony whereof I have signed this specification.

MAX GARBELL. 

